Lothar Matthäus implores Julian Nagelsmann to resign from Germany job
· Yahoo Sports
The fallout from Germany’s frustrating exit from the World Cup at the hands of a penalty shootout against Paraguay in Foxborough continues as it now seems that Julian Nagelsmann’s days as manager are numbered. The former Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig and Hoffenheim manager seemed to have re-instilled some belief in the national team with positive performances at EURO 2024 on home soil, but Die Mannschaft’s third straight disappointment at a World Cup has all but sealed his fate.
In a crisis meeting with the DFB top brass in Frankfurt, Nagelsmann was essentially urged to resign on his own to sort of save face among the German press, but they’re giving him some time to deal with it the way he would like to deal with it. One thing is for certain; there’s no future for Nagelsmann as national team manager and there’s a clamoring for the DFB to get Jürgen Klopp to leave his current role as head of football for Red Bull GmbH to replace Nagelsmann ahead of the UEFA Nations League in September.
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As far as how the situation his being handled right now between Nagelsmann and the DFB, former Bayern and Germany midfielder Lothar Matthäus feels the manager needs to come out and resign as soon as possible. The Sky Sport pundit feels that Nagelsmann sent the wrong signals when he made it clear he did not have any plans of resignation in the near future and said he planned on fulfilling the rest of his contract with the DFB, which he could potentially get upwards of seven million euros in severance when he’s relieved of his duties.
“I’m resigning. That would be man enough for me to say: That’s it – I don’t know why Julian Nagelsmann doesn’t have the character to realize that he has no future with this team. I would not focus on a huge severance pay as quickly as possible, but rather try to process everything and do better in the future. It’s a matter of character: I didn’t make it, the DFB trusted me, I disappointed the fans, I disappointed the players, I’m resigning. Ronald Koeman showed how it’s done. But Julian Nagelsmann still thinks he may have done everything right. He came to this position too early. Perhaps he can do it in 10 or 15 years, when he has gained more experience,” Matthäus passionately stressed to Bild (via @iMiaSanMia).
For Koeman’s situation with the Netherlands, falling out to Morocco in penalties is a bit different than doing so to Paraguay, but there really was not a lot of time in between their heartbreaking loss and him resigning. As far as optics are concerned, too, it made matters worse ahead of the tournament getting underway when it was revealed that the DFB’s internal expectation of Nagelsmann and the national team was to get to the quarter finals to be considered a success; a milestone that many Germany fans felt to be too minimal.
As things stand, it’s only a matter of time with Nagelsmann and the national team, but only time will tell when he actually decides to come out and resign himself before the DFB does give him that allowance.
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